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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-09-28, Page 1The Seaforth News WHOLE SERIES, VOL. 83 Snowdon Bros., Publishers Phone 84 SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THITRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961 41.60 a Year Authorised us Second Class =as. Post Office Dept., Ottawa 'I DAIRY SHOWMANSHIP WINNERS - Wilma Dale, of Hullett Twp, won the showmanship class in the Seaforth 4-H Dairy Club competition on Friday at the fair, Competition for second and third place was close, won by Ken Gemmell (centre) and Mac Stewart. There were 26 entries. Judging was in charge of Douglas Keyes, assistant agricultural representative of Tient County, who is holidaying at .a,the parental home in McKillop this week, and Ron McMichael, 4-H club leader, of Wroxeter.: Large Crowd, Big Entry at Fall Fair A big entry and a big crowd combined to make the 116th an- nual Seaforth Class B Fair a good success on Thursday and Friday. At the Thursday night opening program, Mrs. James Carter was crowned champion cook by Mrs. Alex. Boyes, president of the wo- men's division. Mrs. L. Heimpel, Wroxeter, was top seamstress. Robert Fotheringham was named champion of the Huron County field crop competition. On Friday the fair was open- ened by G. W. Montgomery, Ag- ricultural development officer of the C.N.R., who told of his work of bringing agriculture add the Yailway together in transporta- tion. Others who spoke were Chas. S. MacNaughton, MPP for Huron, Fair president, Robert E. McMil- lan, Mayor E. Daly, Agric. Rep, Douglas Miles. _ Indoor exhibits -were large and excellent this year, especially the baking. Need for more space in the round house has revived dia. cussion of building an extension to the building. Horse Races In the harness races, Miss V. R. Gratton, driven by S. Kerr, Seaforth, won both heats of the Classified Pace, A section to take first -place honors, followed by Davey Byrd, driven by Keith Feagen, and Royal Direct„ driven by W. Shera, who finished sec- ond and third in each heat, re- spectively. In the Classified Pace, B sec- tion, Ben Lee, driven by Scott Kerr, and Sandi Hi driven by N. Williamson, divided ' ' even money for first place, Frankie Atom, driven by C. Young, and Amber B. Gratton, driven by Keith Feagen, divided for second place; and Favonian May, driven by C. Crander, and Elstell'Chips, driven by Gordon Pullman, divid- ed evenly for third place. In the Classified. Pace, C sec- tion, Paddy Ann, driven by R. Merriam, was first; followed by Pauline Volo, driven by C. Young, and Virginia Atom, in that order. SPORTS ATTRACTION Parade, No. 13. McKillop; No. 4, ""`fn'ckersith; No. 6, Mullett; No. 7, Tuckersmith; No. 10, MoKillop ; No. 8, McKillop. Floats: St. James'. Seaforth Boy Scouts, No. 2, Manley; Dancing Dolls,. No. 1, Hullett. Calf Race, Townsend, Papple, Geo. Townsend. Running Race: 1st heat,. G. William- sonVan Vugt, L, Menwain, Johnny Muir. 2nd heat: G. Williamson, Van Vugt, L. Mellwain, Johnny. Muir. Pony Races: F. McIlwain. G. William- son, Johnny Muir. 16 and under, Patsy McGrath, L. Ma. Lwain, Johnny Muir. PET SHOW est looking cat, Clayton Cooper, Jeanette Waterworth, Laurie Bell, Beth Dolmage., Most unusual cat, Bob Eckert, Marlene Lynch, Heather Wallace, Ann Kleinilaar. Best looking- rabbits, Peter Harvey, Cathy Brightrall, Luke Jan Mast, Ferdinand Broal. Most unusual. rabbits, Ann Leishman, David Longstaff, Sandra Lamont, Gerald Townsend. Best Dog, Jeanett Beatty, George Vardy, Elizabeth McLean, Paul Beattie. Dog, least resemblance, Larry Lane, Susan Leonhardt, Alice Bannon, Marlene Nash. A`l'it, best behaved, Bill McLean. Fantail pigeons, Pat Murray and 2nd, Beth Dolmage, Michael Kahn. A.O.V. pigeon. Pat Murray, Randy Wood, Billy Wood, Ralph Wood, Bantams, Clayton Cooper, Janet Becker, Doug. Keys, James Ban- non. Fancy Fowl, Billy Siemon, and 2nd, David Harvey, Diane Papple. Most unusual pet, Lois Jackson, Jim Mont- gomery, John Kleiniiiaar, Donna Reyn- olds. Consolation event, Bryan Hodgert, John Eckert, Diane Papple, Jim Rcyvet. BUILDING PERMITS A permit for building an addi- tion at the rear of the Queen's Hotel for $8500 issued to the ' owner Alex Hassan, London, was reported by Harold Maloney, building inspector This is part of the larger work still to be done at the Queen's to convert it into licensed premises. A new heating plant has been installed. A permit has been issued to St. James' rectory for work on. the verandah root, $200.' A permit for $200 wag issued to Lorne Salzman of Clinton for a sign and shelving at the Eve Marr store he is opening oppo- site the post office, Preliminary - Census Results Preliminary census results re- ceived by James E. McQuaid, census commissioner, include some figures for Huron. Lt is ex- plained that preliminary counts do not include persons enumerat- ed at a temporary address, such as hospitals, boarding schools, etc, who will be added to the final totals at their usual place of residence. These adjustments usually add about 1 per cent to the preliminary totals. 1961 1956 Stanley Twp. 2,819 1,977 Goderich 6,267 5,886 Fullerton 1,544 1,613 Goderich Twp. 1,810 1,731 Grey Twp. 1,874 1,936 Zurich 708 Hay Twp. 1,992 2,621 Hibbert 1,626 1,647 Howick 2,741 2,810 Hullett '1,90 1,869 McKillop 1,619 1,644 Morris 1,583 1,669 Stephen 4,467 4,460. Tuckersmith 3,205 4,214 Turnberry 1,400 1,373 Usborne 1,544 1,590 E. Wawanosh 1,161 1,140 W. Wawanosh 1,165 1,176 W.I. County Meeting At Elimville Huron County W. I. Rally for all branches of the three dist- ricts in the county is set for Monday, October 2 in Elimville United Church. Registration will begin at 9.30 a.m. A highlight of the forenoon will be a color film "Assignment Children" featuring Danny Kaye. Mrs. Norman Coulthard, R.1. 1, St. Pauls, F.W.I.C. delegate to the recent convention at 'Vancou- ver, will be the guest speaker during the afternoon, and •a demonstration on -"Physical Fit- ness" will be exemplified by Mrs.. Lou Short of CFPL-TV, London. Each branch is asked to send two voting delegates to this rally. Lunch -Sandwiches, tarts or cookies, relishes ' to be pooled. (Elimville is 114, milessouth of Exeter (No 4 HWY.), turn. left .$.4 miles). NORTHSIDE WMS The WMS of Northside United Church held their Sept. meeting in the church school on Tuesday evening, Sept. 26 with 31.mem- bers and,, 2 visitors present. Miss G. Thompson, 2nd vice presilent, opened the meeting with a read- ing. Hymn 530 "New every morn- ing is the love" was sung, follow' ed by prayer by Miss Thompson. The business meeting was con- ducted by the president, Miss R. Fennell, and good reports were given by the various secretaries. Group three had charge of the program, and Mrs. Close opened it with a lovely reading "I Be- lieve in the Future". Hymn 436 "Lead'" Kindly Light" was sung. Mrs. P. B. Moffat read the 27th phalm, and Mrs. G. Addison lead in prayer. A beauttiful duet "It is Wonderful to me" was render- ed endered by Mrs. J. Stewart and Miss R. Cluff. Mrs. Lindsay gave a splendid reading on 'tithing, en- titled "God's Storehouse". A short film from Angola, "Of such is the Kingdom" was shown and the meeting closed by singing ,a verse of hymn 180 "Where cross the crowded ways of life", and a prayer by. Mrs. Close. REBEKAHS MEET Mrs. Carmen McPherson of Clinton, district deputy president of Huron District No, 23, and her staff, will install the officers of Edelweiss Rebekah Lodge, on Monday October 23. Plans are to confer the initia- tory degree on October 17 et a special meeting, A donation was made ' to the CN1B, Mrs. M. Messenger, N, G., presided, Winthrop, Goderich" Play Tie Game Winthrop ' and Goderich battled to a 1-1 tie in the second game of their three out of five HFL final series. The game was played in Goderich on Saturday night. Win- throp leads the series 1-0 with one tie game. The third game of the series will be played in Win- throp, on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 6 p.m. The game was hard-fought throughout with Winthrop lead- ing 1-0 at half time on a goal by Ron McClure. Goderich tied the score late in the 2nd half on a shot from close range. Winthrop: Goal, Hugh Flynn; def., Bill Kerr, Mery Pepper; halves, Bert Dennis, Hank Bo- ven, Neil Dolmage; forwards, George Love, Tom Love, Ken McClure, Ron McClure, John Bo- ven. Alt, Earl Dolmage, Wayne Dolmage, Paul McCluskie. W.I. TO MEET The Seaforth W. I. will hold their regular October meeting at the home of Mrs. Gordan Popple on Thursday, Oct. 5th at 2.15. The motto, "Let knowledge grow from more to more, but more of reverence in us dwell" will be taken by Miss Janet Hogg. Lunch: sandwiches, Mrs. R. J. Doig, Mrs. John Kerr, Mrs. Isaac Hudson; relishes, Mrs. Alex Pepper. Please note change of date for the meeting. Rally Day at First Church Rally Day and Flower Sunday was held at First Presbyterian' Church on Sunday morning. The Superintendent of the Sr. Church School, Mr. M. McKellar conduct- ed the service. The Old Testa- ment lesson was read by Allan Patterson, and Miss Nora Cor - will took the lesson from the New Testament. The address was given by Mr. T. E. Nelson, stud- ent minister at Cranbrook Pres- byterian Church. Junior Choir under the leadership of Mr. H. A. Kempster favored with two beautiful anthems, "Somebody is Knocking at your Door" and "0 Master let me walk with Thee". Diplomas were presented to Bry- an Stewart for memorizing the shorter catechism, and to Dianne Patterson, Eileen McClure and Margaret McLean for primary memory work. The flowers were received from: - the children by Misses Gloria Beuerman, Emily Carter, Eleanor Keyes and Eliz- abeth Stewart and placed on the altar. - G. W. MONTGOMERY, CNR ag- ricultural official, opening Sea- forth fair on Friday afternoon, told bow his work helps the far- mer as well as the railway. Ho mentioned a recent reduction in freight rates on feeder cattle, i.e., 26c cwt, front Calgary to Sea - forth. Mr. Montgomery is a for- mer agricultural representative of Huron county. Post Office To Close ISaturday afternoons 1 EffectiveOctober 1, 1961, the Seaforth Post Office is to remain' open all day on Wednesdays and close Saturdays at 1 p.m., Orville G. Oke, Postmaster, announced this week. This decision has been based on the small amount of mail be- ing dispatched on Saturdays, The last mail going to Toronto and Stratford Districts will be dispatched at 2,19 p.m.. Eastern Standard Time, The wickets will be open daily from 8,30 a,m. to 0 p.m. daily ex- cept on Saturday. Saturday 8,30 am, to 1 p.m, ST. COLUMBAN Mr. and Mrs. William McIver were honored by their family at a dinner on Sunday at the Fiesta Lounge, Stratford, on the occa- sion of their 48th wedding anni- versary. They were married in St. Columban's Roman Catholic Church on Sept. 9, 1913 by the late Rev. F. P. White, Following their marriage they farmed on Lot 29, Con. 7, Hibbert Twp„ un- til 1967 when they retired to St. Colunlban. Mr. McIver is the son of late Mr, and Mrs. John Mc- Iver, and Mrs. McIver, the former Catharine Matthews, is the daug- hter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed- mund Matthews. They .hay,p a family of four sons and four dau- ghters; Rev. John McIver, and Tom McIver, Toronto; Jos. of Kinkora; Louis, Hibbert Twp., Marion, Reg. N., Detroit; Mrs. Ben (Rita) Devlin, Fort William; Mrs. William (Rose) Hayden, of Stratford; Mrs. Gary (Catharine) Kelly, Seaforth. A coffee table was presented to them by the family. Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Gauley, of Toronto, with Mr. and. Mrs. V. J. Lane. Ken Ducharme, Wingham, with Mr. and Mrs. Auguste Ducharme. Miss Noreen Dalton, -Brantford, Miss Anne Dalton, Stratford, with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dalton. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, De- troit with Ted Doyle. Mrs. Auguste Ducharme in Niagara Falls with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Marcy. Miss Catharine Ryan, Water- loo; Miss Mary Cronin; Kitchen- er; Miss Luella Moylan, Strat- ford; Leonard Maloney, Miss Cleo Bowman, Miss Reta Ken- nedy, and Miss Joan Coyne, Lon- don, at their homes here. CONSTANCE Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Glousher and family attended the Blyth United Church Anniversary Ser- vices Sunday, morning->ait4,;after visited with Mr. and Mr`s. ,'John Sanderson and family of near Blyth. Mrs. D. Millson returned home Friday evening after spending the past few weeks with friends in Flint and Mt. Morris, Mich. Mr. and Mrs Jack Donald and boys of Midland, Mich., visited with the latter's mother, Mrs. R, Jamieson over the weekend, and also visited with Mr. Jamieson who is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Mrs. .Donald remained. _ Mr. and Mrs. Wm.' .Jewitt and Janice attended anniversary ser- vices at Varna United Church and visited later with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dowson and Brenda. Mrs. Thos. Adams of Londes- boro has been spending the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dexter. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Lawson and Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Lawson attended the Hannah -Busby wed- ding in Chatham on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Dale were greatly surprised on Satur- day when Mr. Wm. Taylor of Oakland, California, brother of Mr, Harvey ' Taylor and Mrs. Verne Dale, called on them, this having been the first visit in 27 years. Mr. Taylor is visiting with other relatives and friends. Mrs. Thelma Bromley of Kit- chener spent the week end with her father, Mr. J. Dale and with Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Dale and family, Mr. Raymond Gallant of Tor- onto visited with Mr. Bill Millson of Wyoming over the week end with Bill's mother, Mrs. D. Mill- son. Mr. and Mrs. Borden Brown and girls visited with Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Brigham and boys and Mr. Thomas Brigham of Ha- nover on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Riley vis- ited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MacDonald of Allenford. Mr. and Mrs, James Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carter and family of near Seaforth visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Leitch. Mr, Borden . Brown attended the Retail Merchants Convention at the Royal York Hotel, Toron- to, Monday and Tuesday of this week, The WA. and WMS of Con- stance United Church held their regular meeting in the basement of the Church, Sept, 13. Mrs. Whyte presided over the WMS and opened with hymn 84; After the minutes were read and roll call taken business matters were dealt with. An invitation to Lond- eshoro for Oct, 10 was accepted. Our thanksgiving meeting will be held Oct. 18 in the basement of the Church with Mrs, Neville, Forbes of near Summerhill as guest speaker. Committee for lunch were pick- ed, also flower convenor. Coppers Farewell Party Held at Dublin A farewell party honoring Mrs, W. Lane, prior to her departure to reside in London, was held in the Parish Hail on Monday even- ing. A large group of ladies at- tended to extend good wishes. An elabofate address was read by Mrs. Martin Klinkhamer and 'Presentation of a purse of money was made by Mrs. Earl Healy, Mrs. Lane responded gratefully thanking all her associates dur- ing 22 years as organist of St, Patrick's Church, Dublin, Several tables of progressive euchre were played, prizes for high score and lone hands were won by Mrs. Louis Bruxer and Mrs. Fergus Horan. Lunch was served by the com- mittee and their assistants, Rev. A, R. Looby, Ottawa, with his mother, Mrs. A. M. Looby, Mr. and Mrs. John Krauskopf, Napanee, with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Costello, Win, Cook, Long Branch, Tor- onto with Mr. and Mrs. George Coyne. Marvin Benninger has returned to St, Peter's Seminary, London. Mr, and Mrs. Pat Woods and family, Georgetown; Mr. Fred Clairinont, Mrs. Shirley Horan, Brantford, with Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Horan. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hagerty, London, with Mr, and Mrs. Jack O'Reilly. The Dublin W. I. held their September meeting at the home of Mrs. Harold Pethick with an attendance of thirteen. Mrs, Whetham acted as Secretary in the absence of Mrs. E. Dean who has moved to Sarnia. Re- solutions were passed to make donations of $5 each to the Insti- tution for Retarded Children and to the C.N.I.B. A delegate will be sent to the London Area Confer- ence to be held at the Masonic Temple, London, October 10th and 11th. Mrs. H. Britton and Mrs. G. Robinson are taking the positions of Secretary and Treas- urer for the balance of the year. Mrs. Chas. Kistner gave house- hold hints. Mrs. H. Britton gave a reading concerning the W. I. Mrs. T. Butters conducted a pan- el program entitled "Take your choice". • EDWARD BROWN Edward Brown, 61, of Egmond- ville, died Thursday at Scott Me- morial hospital. He had been in poor health since last January. Born in England, Mr. Brown came to this country in 1901 to Ripley and received his early education there. He .served ov- erseas 1915.18 with the 58th bat- talion and came to Seaforth in 1919. He was married at St. Thomas' Anglican Church, Sea - forth, to Miss Elizabeth C. Kruse. He was a member of St. Thomas' Church and the Canadian Leg- ion, Branch 156, and had great interest in hockey, serving as time keeper on many occasions. He is survived by his wife, to- gether with five daughters, Ber- nice, Mrs. Ken Chambers, Wing - ham; Jacqueline, Mrs. Douglas Racho, and Helen, Mrs. Earl El- liott, both of Dublin; Margaret, Mrs. Roland Vanstone, Hensall; Linda, at home; two sons, James E., and William C., both of Eg- mondville, The funeral was held from the Box funeral home on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23, Rev. H. Don- aldson officiating. Interment was in Egmondville cemetery. Pall- bearers were: Cleave Coombs, John Flannery, Rex McGregor, Mel Acheson, Grant Finnigan, Clair Haney. VARNA Anniversary Services were held on Sunday last in the United Church when Rev. Dr. Hiltz of Exeter preached to large congre- ations morning and evening, Rev. T. S. Pitt assisted in the evening service. The choir under the dir- ection of the organist, Mrs. Rob- ert Stirling, sang several an - theme and Miss Dorothy Parker of Hensall was guest soloist. Many former members were pre- sent at both services. Mr. Malcolm Clarke had his truck stolen from his home early Saturday morning. It was recov- ered on Sunday at Lucan. World Communion Sunday will be observed in the United Church next Sunday with the pastor, Rev. T, J. Pitt in charge. WINTHROP The WMS and W.A, of Cavan, Winthrop, will hold their autumn thankoffering on Wed. Oct. 4th. Circle 1 will look after program and Circle 4 the lunch. for the copper contest were brought in by Mrs. Reg. Lawson. Mrs, Earl Nott read the scripture from Matthew, 13: 36-46 with a prayer by Mrs. Whyte. Mrs. B. Brown gave a Stewardship paper. Study Book was given by Mrs. Reg. Lawson, on "How Church is using 20th Century Ideas", also what Ravamcco means and Ecu- menioal Cooperation, Mrs. Lorne Lawson presided over the W.A. and opened with a poem "God Answers Prayer". followed with hymn 81. The min- utes were read by Mrs. MacGreg- or in abeenee of Mrs, Riley, Sec. Correspondence and lettere of thanks were read, Business mat- ters were discussed and collec- tion taken, and the meeting Was closed with the Mizpah Benedic- tion, 5, ui"11;1110/11.1110111 4444444 1111111,11.1,11. , mums 11111/111/11,1001110 4 llllll 1111111111111, a ttt IMMOuuton,4 In Beautiful Turquoise and Go1d1.. "VENUS" by WEDGWOOD To use with pride and joy for a lifetime, a new pattern the name for which was inspired by Botticelli's "Birth of Venus."Finebone china with turquoise rim inlaid for lasting beauty, finished 'with delicate gold scroll -work and banding. WEDGWOOD -4 living tradition since 1759 SAVAUGE'S JEWELLERY GIFTS FINE CHINA Seaforth Fourteen members of Turner's Church W. A. and other friends of Mrs. Leslie Lawson, met in the church basement Sunday af- ternoon, Sept. 10, to honour her with a life membership certifi- cate and pin, in recognition of her faithful work in the women's organization, and to be the first chartered member to leave the W. A. Mrs. Lawson's future home will be at Clinton. Turner's Church W.A. met in the ,church basement on Wed. Sept. 20 at 8.30 p.m. with 10 members and two visitors pres- ent. The roll call was answered with a verse from the scripture starting with letter "5". The scripure was read by Mrs. Erlin Whitmore. The devotions by Mrs. Wm. Rogerson, and the topic was taken by Mrs. H. Johns. In- vitations were accepted from the Catholic Women's League, to their annual Rectory Tea, at St. Joseph's Rectory, on Sept. 27th. from '3 -to 6 pan., also from the ladies of Ont. St. United Church, to their autumn thankoffering meeting, on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 2.30 p.m. in the church parlour. After the business meeting a lunch was served by the hostess, Mrs. E. Crich. BRODHAGEN Mr. Clayton Ahrens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Ahrens is attending Waterloo College, Un- iversity, he started on Monday. Mr. Arthur Diegel, son of Mr. Wm. Deigel is training to be an Accountant with a Chartered Ac- countant Firm in Kitchener. and started on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Benne- wies attended the wedding of their nephew Ronald Mikel to Muriel Bottomley, in Stratford on Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Donovan, Mani- toba visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Rock recently. Mrs. E. Jarmuth is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ruth Boyd in California for a few months. Master Richard Leonhardt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Leon- hardt is confined to Stratford Hospital for treatment on his leg Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Messer- schmidt of Detroit visited with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bennewies over the weekend. Mrs. Norman Rode of Detroit is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Prueter. Mrs. Alma Puschelberg of List- owel is'visitiing with Mrs. Rosina Miller and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Dickison and Glenda and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smyth were with Mr. and Mrs. Rohl. Gibb, Glencoe on Sun- day. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith of Stratford with George and Win. Diegel on Sunday. The wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cook (Alice Heimpel) was held at the Com- munity Hall on Friday evening. The wedding dinner and recep- tion for Mr. and Mrs. Looby (Margaret Flannigan) was held in the Community Hall on Satur- day. Promotion Sunday of the Sun- day School of St. Peter's Luther- an Church was held on Sunday With the installation of the fol- lowing teachers. Edgar Elligsen, Superintendent; Russell Skold- ice, assistant Superintendent; Mrs, John Vock, George Jarmuth, Lew Hicks, Mrs. Ralph Iliad,. Joan Muegge, Elaine Bennewies, Mrs. Orland Rohrer, Mrs. Rus- sell Dolmage, Donna Scherbarth, Phyllis Hinz, Carole Wardell, Mrs. Ross Leonhardt, Glenda Mil- ler, Mrs, Harvey Ahrens, Pastor Brill, Gloria Muegge is the stati- stician, The Stewards Of the Christian Home met for their monthly meeting with 21 ,present, Devo- tions were in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beuerman, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hoegy and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sholdice. 'The topic was "Guiding our Children", and a good discussion followed. During business the hard sur- face for the floor in the church sheds id readiness for skating was discussed, but so far there is not nearly enough money to go ahead, so it was decided to put in a good gravel base until more donations are received to finish the project. A work day is to be set later in October. Pans are being made for a Minstrel Show from Seaforth to put on their program in the church basement the end of Opt - ober. After the business period, all proceeded to the church sheds for a few relay games, conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Elligson, followed by a lunch of barbecued hot dogs, sweets and coffee, pre- pared by the same dommittee as in charge of devotions. A number from here attended the Lutheran Centennial Rally in the Memorial Community Ar- ena, New Hamburg on Sunday afternoon. BRUCEFIELD • Miss Margaret McQueen spent a few days last week visiting her friend Mrs. Russell Ford, Strat- ford. Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ross from Calgary are visiting with their nephew, Mr. Sheldon Ross and Mrs. Ross. Miss Mary Allan, nurse -in - training at Kitchener spent the weekend at the home of her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Allan. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mustard, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Mustard spent the weekend with their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mustard. Mrs. Lorne Wilson received word on Wednesday that her bro- ther, Mr. Leslie McKay suffered a heart attack and passed away. Mrs. A. Ings, Mrs. M. Kruger, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clark attend- ed anniversary services at Varna. We are glad to reort that Mr. Drew Swan is much improved in health and expects to be home shortly, Mrs. Gus Voth, Detroit, visited with her aunt Mrs. Vaire on Sun- day. Mrs. Vaire has returned home from the hospital where she had been a patient for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs, Robert Faulds of London, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Ross. BAYFIELD Burleigh Farrar, London, is spending this week in the village. Miss Berthena Sturgeon spent the weekend at Holmesville. Don Hirston, Detroit, closed his cottage for the season after spending the past few months here. George Telford, Windsor, spent the Weekend with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Sturgeon and Nancy, Preston, are spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, E. J. Sturgeon, Mr, and Mrs. G. Turner and family, London, were at their home over the weekend. Miss Rosemarie Telford, Lon- don, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Ml's, F. J, Tel- ford. Miss Brenda Blair, St. Thomas, was at her home over the Week- end, Mrs. John Sturgeon returned home last week after visiting relatives at St. Thomas. GIRL GUIDES The Girl Guides will meet on Thursday evening, Sept.' 28th at 7 p.m, on the third floor of the town hall,